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Baseball Bedeviled at Dickinson

Baseball Bedeviled at Dickinson

CARLISLE, Pa. – The Ursinus College baseball team was unable to contain Dickinson in Saturday's Centennial Conference doubleheader, dropping 11-1 and 10-2 decisions in Carlisle.

Dickinson (17-13, 4-6) racked up a dozen hits in both ends of the twin bill, helping the Red Devils sweep Ursinus (16-13, 2-6) for the fourth time in five years.

Senior Chris Jablonski's sacrifice fly gave the Bears a quick lead in the first inning of the opener, but it was all Dickinson from there, as Cristian Acosta, Ryan Vasel, and Reid Collins combined to shut down the visitors over the next eight frames.

After pulling even in the second, the Red Devils busted Game One open with three runs in the third and six more in the fifth. Jon Chudacoff's two-run single broke the early tie, and Alex Jacobson produced one of his own as Dickinson sent ten men to the plate in the fifth.

Acosta allowed only an unearned run in 4.1 innings, with Vasel striking out three in 3.2 scoreless frames. Jacobson was 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored, Austin Sumners had two hits and two RBI, and Brian McCloud finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run. Matt Primavera walked twice and scored four runs.

Juniors Jay Farrell and Jose Colon both produced a pair of hits for the Bears, and Jablonski's sac fly gave him a career-high 27 RBI on the year.

The nightcap was nearly a carbon copy, Ursinus seizing a first-inning lead only to watch the home side pull away. An RBI double by Farrell staked the Bears to a 1-0 edge, and an error allowed a second run to come home in the top of the first.

Dickinson came back with single runs in the first and third, then exploded for six more in the fourth. An error started the outburst and was immediately followed by RBI triples from Jacobson and McCloud. The Red Devils would tack on four more to chart the course for a CC sweep.

Ben Woodard (3-2) struck out seven in six effective innings, surrendering two runs (one earned) on just three hits with three walks. Sumners (3-for-4, two runs, RBI), Jacobson (1-for-3, RBI, two runs), and McCloud (2-for-4, RBI, run) continued to haunt Bear pitching.

Farrell capped a four-hit afternoon with a 2-for-5 effort that included an RBI and a run, and classmate Travis Kozak delivered two hits from the leadoff spot.

Ursinus hosts Haverford on Tuesday, April 19, the first leg of a CC doubleheader to be completed Thursday on the Fords' home field.